Perseus Gate Season 1 - Episodes 4-6: The Path Amongst the Clouds

Perseus Gate Collection, Book 2

By: M. D. Cooper

Narrated by: Alison Stinnett

Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

This is an omnibus edition of Episodes 4-6 in season 1 of the Aeon 14 Perseus Gate series.

The Last Bastion of Star City

Jessica had never imagined such a place as Star City existed, let alone that something like a Bastion protected it.

With Serenity behind them, the crew of Sabrina now faces a vast nebula, rife with dark matter, stretching along the inner edge of the Perseus Arm. Going around will take years, but there is rumor of a path through. A path known only to those who live at Star City

But Star City is interdicted, its outer reaches patrolled by Orion ships. Though Misha knows of a hidden FTL route that can get a ship close enough to the city, using it assumes the city’s inhabitants are friendly.

Jessica and Trevor risk the pathway, travelling to Star City where they find something far more amazing than they ever expected-only to learn they must make a sacrifice unlike any they had ever dreamed.

The Toll Road Between the Stars

No one ever said that travelling ten thousand light years would be easy.

Sabrina and her crew are nearly through the Stillwater Nebula. But before they pass through into the open space beyond, they have to get through the Perry Strait. A stretch of space where no FTL is possible, with the Perry System at its center.

There they learn that an old enemy has leapfrogged them and laid a trap. A trap they're going to have to spring if they want to get through to the other side.

The Final Stroll on Perseus's Arm

An old foe from Finaeus's past reveals a secret that will save the crew.

It has been eight long years since the crew of Sabrina passed beyond the Stillwater Nebula. They are now deep within the Orion Freedom Alliance, taking a short respite on the planet Ferra, roughly 500 light years from the inner edge of Orion space-only a year from the relative safety of the Inner Stars.

But when Cheeky is abducted, everything is turned on its head once more, and the crew learns of secrets the Orion government had tried to keep under wraps for millennia.

Now they're in a race to save Cheeky, and take advantage of an opportunity they thought never to see again.

©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2019 M. D. Cooper

Enjoyed these short storys more than the main plot

Im a big fan of the Aeon 14 universe so far and have listened to the intepid trilogy, the Lyssas rise saga, and am midway through the Orian war series (i listened to this inbetween the 2nd and 3rd book of that series which id recommend to fill in the blanks of where Jessica is and what transpired while she was gone). The reason i found these storys so fun is they seem alot more personable and semi low stakes. Dont get me wrong i love the main plotline and all the characters but its so much more spread out and isnt able to delve as deep into the interpersonal relationships and flesh out romances, friendships and individual characters. These storys feel alot more intimate being stuck in Sabrina with a close knit group of lovers, friends and crewmates.
We follow the crew of the Sabrina while trying to get Sarahs uncle back to Tanis to see if he can straighten some things out for them. Of course after they eventually hunt him down and try and get back to the colony they get dramatically thrown off course and deep into Orian space. I loved the variety of situations their thrown into and how some storys have only 1 or 2 main characters as the focal point. We get to explore alot of different character dynamics which helps deepen some of the friendships and romances.
The narrator was good as far as voices go, i didnt have an issue with any of her characterizations, but her mispronounciation of alot of words got pretty distracting. I normally dont really care about that type of thing so its not like im one of those nit picky people who get sensitive over miniscule stuff but this was pretty grating. There were alot of words that i noticed throughout the listen but the main word that came up ALOT was automaton. Pronouced [ah-tom-a-ton]. She puts the emphasis on the wrong syllables pronouncing it [auto-maton]😑..... This is a common enough word to be a little absurd that neither the narrator nor editors caught the mistake. Like i said there were alot of words like that but it doesnt really bother me when an occasional word is mispronounced but that word was used frequently and she just kept saying it sooo wrong over and over and over again it starting driving me crazy. Im at work listening to this and i started yelling out loud "AH TOM A TON!!!!" Now people prolly think the jobs gettin to me or somethin.... Thanks alot Alison Stinnet🧐
I do got some beef with miss cooper though before a sign off *SPOILER ALERTT* whyyyy oh why would you kill off one of the most beloved, cheery, lovable, fun, amazing characters that YOU created???? What kinda sick puppy does something like that???? I couldnt believe she ended this mini series on that note. It almost ruined the entire thing for me. Im holding out hope that theres some kinda space magic that ends up having happened and shes not really dead but im very truely and deeply upset by that. I almost wanted to down vote the entire set just because of that but it wouldnt be fair because i really enjoyed the set and would like her to record the 2nd season for audible at some point (in which hopefully they find their cheery companion living the good life somewhere and is not dead after all). Highly recommend to anyone, especially if your already a fan of any Aeon 14 books